Insubordination

(noun.) an insubordinate act.

(noun.) defiance of authority.

编辑:莉莉

• He is despotic, and unmerciful to insubordination; he would shoot a fellow down with as little remorse as he would shoot a buck, if he opposed him. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• At last he placed them in arrest, and preferred charges against them of insubordination and disrespect. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• For a teacher to seek her alliance in any crisis of insubordination was equivalent to securing her own expulsion. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Well, well, Miss Sedley was exceedingly alarmed at this act of insubordination. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

校对:鲁珀特